Today in History for 28th December 2014

Historical Events

1927 - George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "Royal Family" premieres in NYC

1948 - The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.

1969 - Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" premieres in NYC

1972 - Kim Il-song, becomes president of North Korea

1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

2009 - 43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims were observing the Day of Ashura.

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Famous Birthdays

1845 - Homer Newton Bartlett, composer

1896 - Roger Huntington Sessions, Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Masks)

1932 - Manuel Puig, Argentina, writer (Blood of Requited Love)

1972 - Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer

1975 - Kesley Perrin, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)

1979 - Bill Hall, American baseball player

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Famous Deaths

1884 - Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56

1915 - Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78

1961 - Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89

1976 - Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903)

1983 - Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (b. 1910)

1989 - Robert Wickler, dies

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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Dec 28, 2014)

Rhyme Riddle



Of all the words; we are four

All rhyming down to the core



One is what a pen is for

Another's brightness can't be more



The third is a toy soaring through the wind

The last happens late, you must comprehend



Now tell me what these four words are

And you just might go really far





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Brain Teaser 12/27/2014

After two years, Dave was stepping down from being the treasurer of a group of animal rights activists. To show him their appreciation a bunch of them took him out one sunny morning. Dave shot an eagle and everyone congratulated him. Where had they gone?

Solution

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Kids Look At 1980s Mobile Phones And Have Absolutely No Clue What They Are (VIDEO)

30 years is a long, long time in technology.



Give a bunch of kids one of the UK's first mobile phones from the 1980s and you get some confused reactions, as this video shows.



Is it a tape recorder? A projector? Half calculator and half something else?



And what did people use before mobile phones? Pigeons, definitely, one boy suggests.



New Year's Eve is the 30th anniversary of the first mobile phone call in the UK, made by 24-year-old Michael Harrison from outside in London's Parliament Square.

SEE ALSO:



The UK's First Mobile Phone Was Sold By This Jammy Trainee

What Happens When You Give Kids An Old-Fashioned Phone? This.

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from UK Comedy - The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/12/27/1980s-mobile-phones-kids-first-mobile-phone_n_6384200.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-comedy&ir=UK+Comedy

Today in History for 27th December 2014

Historical Events

1900 - Carrie Nation's 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita KS)

1904 - Duke of York Theatre opens in London (1st musical Peter Pan)

1906 - 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI

1934 - Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran

1937 - Bradman scores 246 SA v Queensland, 364 mins, 20 fours

1986 - 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins

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Famous Birthdays

1940 - Pete Brown, rocker

1957 - Connie Chillemi, Eglin AFB FL, golfer (1994 Standard Register-13th)

1960 - Terry Price, Rockhampton QLD, Australasia golfer

1966 - Wendy Coakley-Thompson, American writer

1973 - Bill Clay, Yokosuka Japan, US sprint cyclist (Olympics-96)

1983 - Cole Hamels, American baseball player

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Famous Deaths

1805 - Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65

1923 - Gustave Eiffel [Alexandre], engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91

1988 - Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid and Nancy), dies

1992 - Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies

1997 - Tom Hudson, artist/teacher, dies at 75

2003 - Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1962)

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from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://www.historyorb.com/day/december/27

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Dec 27, 2014)

Infestation



In the paragraph below, each blank must be filled by a five-letter word, and the words are all anagrams of each other (the words all contain the same five letters, in different order). Can you fill in the blanks?



Quaint _____ this hotel supplies,

That don't appear upon the bill.

I speak of roaches, _____, and flies.

You _____ and slap. They're with you still.

At _____ each guest _____ pained screams

That ought to plague the owner's dreams.





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In 2013, Oxford researcher Kevin Dutton compiled a list of professions that attract…

In 2013, Oxford researcher Kevin Dutton compiled a list of professions that attract the most psychopaths. It probably won’t come as a surprise that plenty of psychos become police officers, lawyers, and surgeons. However, the number one vocation chosen by psychopaths was CEO.

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